If the playoffs started today, nobody would be there because everybody is expecting them in January.

49ers webzone: Win or lose, i hope you injure Sherman. Like a serious career ending injury. I don't want him to get paid.49ers webzone: noise should not be the overwhelming reason a team is favored. they need to spray noise-damping foam onto the ceiling of that place.

Packers look like they have the potential to lose to the Lions today (though they are only currently down by 3), which would slide us up to the #5 seed. We would then be playing @ the Giants. So technically, if the playoffs started today, that would suck- because we would have to wait until the last second to find out where we fly out to. Then we'd have to fly out and play the game with not much notice.

But yeah, a trip to San Francisco would be interesting, especially after our week 16 matchup with them.

So now, with Tampa Bay's win, there is a 3-way tie for the final wildcard spot, between the Vikings, Hawks, and Bucs. And three way ties seem to be determined by conference record. As of this second then, the Vikings have a better conference record and would therefore win the final wildcard seed, knocking us out. Ridiculous, but that seems to be the way it works, according to ESPN.

So now, with Tampa Bay's win, there is a 3-way tie for the final wildcard spot, between the Vikings, Hawks, and Bucs. And three way ties seem to be determined by conference record. As of this second then, the Vikings have a better conference record and would therefore win the final wildcard seed, knocking us out. Ridiculous, but that seems to be the way it works, according to ESPN.

Wrong. Minnestota goes. Minn/TB/Sea all tired at 6-4. Wins tie break over Seattle and Tampa Bay based on best win percentage in conference games.

" I want us to demonstrate resilience, which is one of the foundations of grit. We’re going to demonstrate it. We’re going to face all that again (getting back to the SB); there’s some comfort in that. We know how we’re going to do this. Here we go." Pete Carroll

So now, with Tampa Bay's win, there is a 3-way tie for the final wildcard spot, between the Vikings, Hawks, and Bucs. And three way ties seem to be determined by conference record. As of this second then, the Vikings have a better conference record and would therefore win the final wildcard seed, knocking us out. Ridiculous, but that seems to be the way it works, according to ESPN.

We beat the Vikings

That's irrelevant in a three-way tie, unless one team beat the other two.